Will Harry Die?

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 104398

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "paul_terzis" 
<paul_terzis at y...> wrote:
>      A difficult question indeed. It would be a heroic end for our 
> hero but a very sad and more adult-like end. The children will not 
> understand that end. 


I think I agree with your reasoning Paul.  I too have wondered if 
Harry will die in the end, and I keep coming back to the same 
conclusion, that this book series is targeted to 9-12 year olds and 
it would be too tragic to this age group to kill Harry off in the 
end.  I think that age group needs to see Harry be the hero and 
survive. Just my opinion and very much influenced because I WANT him 
to survive :)  (so he will forever be the boy who lived).

Having said that, I think its wonderful that she is exploring death 
in the books and this helps children to learn to cope with death 
through Harry's eyes.  I have 3 daughters (16,10,8) myself and we 
talk about life and death often.  They have a healthy understanding 
about it at this point, I must say. We have often talked about Harry 
Potter and his parents,and Sirius, for example, to help them get a 
better understanding to one of life's great questions.


Celestina